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CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Jerry J. <br />Miller <br />Mayor <br />Rollin E. <br />Farrand, Sr., P. E. <br />Director, <br />Public Works <br />Members of the Common Council <br />County /City Building <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />Subject: Materials for Bureau of Streets <br />Gentlemen: <br />Reply To: Department <br />of Public Works <br />April 16, 1974 <br />The Bureau of Streets of the Department of Public Works proposes to <br />undertake an extensive program of street improvement and repair during <br />1974. This proposed program will provide for: <br />1. The resurfacing of approximately 228 blocks of <br />arterial streets. <br />2. The slurry sealing of approximately 925 blocks of <br />bituminous pavement on minor traffic streets. <br />3. The application of a base slurry cost to approxi- <br />mately 75 blocks of unimproved streets. <br />The resurfacing program is important to protect the investment in street <br />improvements for our most important streets. <br />The slurry seal is a valuable tool in protecting flexible pavement. This <br />coat seals the pavement and prevents water from getting to the subbase <br />and thus prolongs the life of the pavement. We have found that the slurry <br />seal is not effective on concrete streets and are not planning on sealing <br />this type of street this summer. <br />We have increased our goal for placing a base slurry on the unimproved <br />streets in the City. The program we are presenting here will, hopefully, <br />